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# TOP POSTS – Last week’s most-read posts: Spotify layoffs and royalties • iHeart BMI sale profits • TikTok • More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/top-posts-last-weeks-most-read-posts-spotify-layoffs-and-royalties-iheart-bmi-sale-profits-tiktol-more/
- Published: 2023-12-11T13:34:43.000Z
- Updated: 2023-12-11T13:37:17.000Z
- Description: Catch up on what everybody has been talking about with last week’s most-read posts. We’ve got topics ranging from Spotify layoffs and royalty battles to new TikTok artist features, radio injustices,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2023/12/top-posts-last-weeks-most-read-posts-spoti
- Author: Alana Bonilla
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, iHeart, music, music industry, musician, musicians, Spotify, TokTok, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

Catch up on what everybody has been talking about with last week’s most-read posts. We’ve got topics ranging from Spotify layoffs and royalty battles to new TikTok artist features, radio injustices, and more…

- [**Spotify CEO blames layoffs on fake work, pushes out CFO who just cashed in $9.4M in stock**](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-ceo-blames-layoffs-on-fake-work-pushes-out-cfo-who-just-cashed-in-9-4m-in-stock/).
- [**Radio doesn’t pay performers, but iHeart will get $100M from BMI sale**](https://www.hypebot.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=79404&action=edit).
- [**Independent labels ask Spotify to pause its ‘blunt instrument’ royalty plan.**](https://www.hypebot.com/independent-labels-ask-spotify-to-pause-blunt-instrument-royalty-plan/)
- **[TikTok’s massive music marketing impact confirmed by new study](https://www.hypebot.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=79305&action=edit)**
- [**TikTok adds Artist Accounts and a free music marketing toolkit**](https://www.hypebot.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=79546&action=edit)
- [**Spotify tests recommendation on/off switch that will hurt artists, limit discovery**](https://www.hypebot.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=79438&action=edit)